Fly swatter



July 8, 1924- A. N. COOPER FLY SWATTBR Filed Feb. 10. 192:5

Patented July 8, 1924.

ALBERT N. COOPER, OF LODI, CALIFORNIA.

FLY SWATTER.

Application filed February 10, 1923. Serial No. 618,419.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT N. Coornn, acitizen of the United States, residing at Lodi, in the county of SanJoaquin and.

State of California, have invented a new and useful Fly swatter, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fly swatters, one of its objects being toprovide a device of this character the body portion of which is flexiblyconnected to the handle so as to yield when brought violently intocontact with an unyielding surface.

A further object is to provide a fly swatter the body portion of whichis bordered by a loop or ring of resilient wire having a coilconstituting an integral flexible connection between the body andhandle.

Another object is to provide a body made up of a metal fabric solderedor similarly connected to the ring so as .to leave no projecting ends ofthe wires of the fabric.

A still further object is to provide the device with protecting meanswhereby scarring of furniture will be prevented. 7

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details ofconstruction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter morefully described and pointed out in the claim, it being understood thatvarious changes in the construction and arrangement of parts can be madewithout departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantagesof the invention as claimed.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings:

Figure 1, is a plan view of the device, parts being broken away.

Figure 2, is an enlarged section on line 22, Figure 1.

Figure 3, is a section on line 33 Figure 1.

Referring to the features by characters of reference, 1 designates ahandle preferably formed of a length of stiff wire one end of which islooped as shown at 2. The other end of this handle is soldered, brazed,or otherwise fastened within one end of a coil 3 formed by the ends of aspring wire 4. This wire is looped as shown so as to provide a frame orborder for the body portion of the device. Loop 4 extends along andaround the margin of a sheet of metal fabric shown at 5, this fabricbeing soldered,

brazed, or otherwise secured to the wire 4 so as to leave no projectingstrands. As the wire at is resilient the body when used can flex in anydirection but will always resume its normal shape.

The marginal parts of the body can be bound with a projecting tape 6 ofa suitable material. For the purpose of preventing the portion 3 fromscarring surfaces on which the device is used, a sleeve 7 of soft rubberor other suitable material can be placed around the coil.

It Will be noted that not only is the body 5 flexible but it can alsoflex relative to the handle by reason of its coil connections with thehandle.

What is claimed is:

;A fly swatter including a handle, a spring wire bent to form a loop, acoil formed by the ends of the wire, said handlebeing secured to thatend of the coil remote from the loop, a metal fabric surrounded by theloop and joined at its edge to the inner surface of the loop, saidfabric and loop forming a resilient body, the coil constituting aresilient connection between the body and the handle, said coil andhandle being normally positioned in the same plane with the body, and aprotecting sleeve surrounding the coil.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT N. COOPER.

Wiitnesses:

F. F. SINBUER, G. T. FosTER.

